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WVC Track: Weekend Roundup

The seven-meet league schedule is more than halfway over for most WVC teams, which means we’re at the time of the season when the invitational season kicks into full gear.

Saturday, many of the area’s best competed at the Jack Roddick Invitational, hosted by Shippensburg University.

Boys standouts in Class AAA included Dallas’ Dominic DeLuca, who took second in the 3200 run with a time of 9 minutes, 36.79 seconds. Pittston Area’s Ronnie D’Eliseo was runner-up in the 300 hurdles (38.92), Coughlin’s Anthony Khalife took third in the discus with a toss of 147-8 and Dallas’ Drew Harding cleared 13 feet in the pole vault.

Coughlin’s 400 relay team of Corey Keen, Zac Evans, Pat Malone and Mujahid Chesson placed third in 43.96 seconds. The state qualifying standard for Class AAA boys is 43.40 seconds, which gives the quartet a few weeks to shave more than a half-second off their time.

In the 1600 relay, Pittston Area’s team of Josh John, Austin Naples, D’Eliseo and Mike Harth took fifth in 3:32.08. The state qualifying standard is 3:24.03.

In the AA portion of the meet, Lake-Lehman’s Kieran Sutton and Dominic Hockenbury went 1-2 in the 3200.

On the girls side, Dallas’ Catie Gawlas ran 26.66 seconds in the 200 to place third, while Regan Rome took second in the 1600 (5:04.40). Coughlin’s Mary Tona’s ran 48.21 seconds in the 300 hurdles, good enough for third.